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Studies by Montana’s Andrew Hansen and
Colorado’s Rick Knight offer some of the first scientific
evidence that preserving ranch lands provides important benefits to
surrounding ecosystems
by Jon Christensen,
Jul 16, 2008
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Carl Palmer hopes to make his Adobe Ranch in California an
economic success to prove that open space can be financially as
well as environmentally valuable
by Jon Christensen,
Jul 16, 2008
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As private lands become the new frontier in the
West’s wild real estate frenzy, ranchers are turning to land
trusts in places like Gunnison, Colo., to find out how to hold on
to their land and keep it open and undeveloped
by Jon Christensen,
Jul 16, 2008
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Western ranchers rejoice when a federal court jury finds
that the nation’s largest meatpacker, Tyson/IBP, has
illegally squeezed $1.28 billion from independent cattle
producers
by Ray Ring,
Mar 15, 2004
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Nearly a decade after Imperial Valley irrigators fought
off a water grab by Texans Ed and Lee Bass, the Imperial Valley
Irrigation District buys the old Bass property, Western Farms, and
the water rights that come with it
by Matt Jenkins,
Mar 01, 2004
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U.S. District Judge John Coughenour bans the use of 38
pesticides near streams that host endangered runs of salmon and
steelhead in Washington, Oregon and California
by Jodi Peterson,
Feb 16, 2004
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In Farming with the Wild: Enhancing Biodiversity on Farms
and Ranches, Daniel Imhoff discusses what’s wrong with
industrialized agriculture and offers suggestions on how to fix
it.
by Ali Macalady,
Nov 10, 2003
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Disappearing jobs in the hard-hit apple orchards of
eastern Washington have led to a flood of displaced migrant workers
moving west toward Seattle.
by Mason Adams,
Dec 03, 2001
